Almeria, who led 2-0 away to Real Madrid last weekend but still suffered a painful blow in the end, are moving inexorably on their worst run of a century in the Spanish Premier League. This time they lost 0:3 to Alaves at home and after 22 games they still don’t have a single win in the table.
At the same time, Almeria certainly cannot be accused of lacking the will to attack or fight. While against Real they were finally rewarded by a couple of questionable decisions from the referees, against Alaves they received seven shots on target, but none of them were on target. The guests, however, converted all three shots into goals between the frames.
However, not winning despite many attempts is already a mark of Almeria. This season, for example, he took 16 shots against Celta Vigo, 17 against Villarreal and 18 against Atletico Madrid, but still failed to win. There were 19 shots against Rayo Vallecano and Real Betis, just like now when I played with Alaves, still nothing. When they met Real Madrid at home in August, fire broke out 20 times, but the guests still won 3:1.
Almeria striker Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick in 5 minutes and 25 seconds of the match against Granada on 1 October, which put the team 3-0 up at half-time. However, in the second half, Suarez seriously injured his ankle and was taken off the pitch, Granada responded with three hits and Almeria were again left with just one point. All the teams currently in the top three positions, namely Girona, Real Madrid and Barcelona, have scored two goals in a match, but Real and Barcelona responded with three, Girona even five.
What a match between Almería and Granada, including Luis Suárez (not that one) who scored a hat-trick in just 5 minutes and 24 seconds.
Only Kevin Gameiro (Atlético v Sporting Gijón – 4m 43s) and David Villa (Valencia v Athletic – 4m 53s) have scored quicker hat-tricks in La Liga this century. pic.twitter.com/zESO206mQv
— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) October 1, 2023
Almeria have collected six of a possible 66 points this season, ten points separating them from the limit of survival, which is 17th place. This is the worst La Liga form of the 21st century, because the last time Gijon played such a mediocre first half of the season was in the 1997-98 season. This comparison does not bode well for Almeria, given that at the time Gijon only collected 13 points at the end of the season, marking the anti-record of the championship.
Almeria may not get extra points in their next two games, because in-form Valencia and Athletic Bilbao are in seventh and fifth place in the table respectively. But the decisive match awaits them on February 18, when they face Granada, who are one point higher in the table.
0- #Almeria they are the second team to win only 6 points or less after 22 games played @LaLigaEn, just as they failed to win even once (D6 L16), after Sporting Gijón in 1997/98 (W0 D3 L19). Hole.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 26, 2024
Almeria – Alaves 0:3 (0:1)
10., 88. Samu Omorodion, 52. pen. Luis Rioja
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